1 T he word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

2 T hus speaks Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

3 F or, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Yahweh; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

4 T hese are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

5 F or Yahweh says: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

6 A sk now, and see whether a man does travail with child: why do I see every man with his hands on his waist, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

7 A las! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

8 I t shall come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondservant;

9 b ut they shall serve Yahweh their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

10 T herefore don’t you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and no one shall make him afraid.

11 F or I am with you, says Yahweh, to save you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.

12 F or Yahweh says, Your hurt is incurable, and your wound grievous.

13 T here is no one to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines.

14 A ll your lovers have forgotten you; they don’t seek you: for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.

15 W hy do you cry for your hurt? Your pain is incurable: for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.

16 T herefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and those who plunder you shall be plunder, and all who prey on you will I give for a prey.

17 F or I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh; because they have called you an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.

18 Y ahweh says: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places; and the city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited in its own way.

19 O ut of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

20 T heir children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all who oppress them.

21 T heir prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from among them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me: for who is he who has had boldness to approach to me? says Yahweh.

22 Y ou shall be my people, and I will be your God.

23 B ehold, Yahweh’s storm, his wrath, has gone out, a sweeping storm: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.

24 T he fierce anger of Yahweh will not return, until he has executed, and until he has performed the intentions of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it.